November 12 & 13

Ethan wrote his letter to Santa this weekend. His number one request is a Lalaloopsy Silly Hair doll - no surprise there. Then he wants a 3DS, not shocked on that either. Number 3 however was completely out of no where, and so sweet. He wants Santa to bring Daddy home to stay. Now how to explain to him that Santa can't control Daddy's work schedule...

Visit with Santa

Sunday night our city had a community Christmas party. We went just to see some live reindeer. Sadly, they only had 1 reindeer and they wanted $20 for a picture with the darn thing! Seriously?! I didn't see one person get their photo taken with it, and I'm sure a lot of people didn't even bring money because it was advertised as "free and open to the public". Poor reindeer. Ethan just wanted to go by it, and they wouldn't even let him pet it.

He did get some free cocoa and candy canes, and he got to sit on Santa's lap. He told Santa that he is going to be a doctor when he grows up, that he is usually a good boy, and that he wants Wii Party & Wii Nunchuks for Christmas. We didn't get a good picture, because they just kept chatting. We may go see another Santa on Saturday at the library.

Also, St. Nick came Sunday night. He broke Ethan's stocking holder!! He brought him good stuff though, so I guess he's forgiven. He got a new DS game, a freaky pet, a chocolate penguin, and a lego bin among other things. Daddy got a new toothbrush and some mouthwash because he says naughty words and needs to wash his mouth out.

Monday morning E also woke up with an ear infection :( They put him on penicillin which is the grossiest thing I've ever seen - its like melted yogurt and smells terrible. I feel bad giving it to him. He stayed home from school yesterday and today, but he's going back tomorrow. Thankfully he seems to bounce back as soon as he gets medicine in him.

Today we made some peanut butter cookies and christmas picture frame magnets that Momo brought him. They turned out pretty cute :)

December 7

Santa sent Ethan a message! Check it out....

http://www.portablenorthpole.tv/watch/fLkRfaOMKBYI4hEGIWtiFQ

November 4

Ethan finished up his letter to Santa today. Yes, it's early, but Santa's elves need lots of time to build his presents ;)

I just looked back at the letter he wrote last year, and it's crazy how much better he is at writing and drawing.

HO HO HO

It is cold here!!! I thought we moved farther South to get warmer weather, what the heck. Last night we went to Walmart and it was SNOWING out. Not cool!! I know it's December but it was in the 60s last week...this morning it was 20*!! On the plus side, E looks so cute in his hat & gloves all bundled up :)


Bill's battalion had it's Christmas party tonight. There wasn't much there, we waited in line for food for probably 30 minutes, then Ethan played in the bouncy house with his friend Lily until Santa got there. Santa came, the kids did pictures & got a bag full of candy from him. That was cute...they also took pictures and printed them up for us. Just have to say, I'm glad that I told him ahead of time that it wasn't the REAL Santa because he wanted to know why he had brown eyebrows when his hair & beard is white. I'm telling you, this kid is too observant!!

Dear Santa

Ethan wrote his first letter to Santa all by himself this week. It's so adorable! It took forever to write, so we left out the I've been good and went straight to what he wants LOL In case you cant' read it, it reads

Dear Santa
1. DS (he's so not getting this, he already has one)
2. Super Princess Peach (a DS game)
3. Catipiller (Scatterpillar Scramble game)
4. Zhu Zhu Pet
5. New Mario Game (a WII game)
Please
Love
Ethan

Only a month until we leave for Wisconsin, can't believe this year has gone by so fast since we moved!